Cao Cao's chef

Chapter 978 Venison Wrapped in Crystal Salt

The front soup is very simple, using up to four ingredients, seasoning and even just salt.The pre-soup is not simple, simple ingredients, boiled out the most advanced wild flavor.The key is not only to emphasize the taste, but also to make full use of the aftertaste of the appetizer.

The aftertaste became the finishing touch, making the snake and the turtledove transform instantly, as if they had turned into real dragons and phoenixes on the tip of their tongues.The dragon and the phoenix are auspicious, just like the name...Wait a minute, where is the yam? !
The yam is sweet, and after a long time of cooking, the yam almost melts in the soup.The yam at this time makes the soup more mellow, and at the same time suppresses the wild flavor of snakes and turtledoves.It can be said that it is precisely because of the yam as a buffer that the flavor of the main ingredients of the two flavors is not too strong.As the saying goes, too much is too much, while emphasizing, it is necessary to avoid too strong flavor.

A top-level dish can be said to be a fine line between good and bad.Every dish of the imperial banquet is the result of continuous experimentation and improvement by the imperial chefs of the imperial dining room in the field of responsibility.Defective products, of course, will not be brought up.

It can even be said that if there are defective products.The chef in charge naturally has to bear the responsibility, and Wang Yong, the head chef of the imperial chef, cannot avoid it, let alone Yang Xiu, after all, her duty is to assist Wang Yong in allocating the work of the imperial chefs.

Following this soup, the guests were polarized: those who could eat, such as Lu Bu, would look like they were enjoying themselves, and Dumao cheerfully swayed; Xun Yu commented on the benefits of this dish, and Cao Cao echoed one or two sentence.Sangong Jiuqing tasted it slowly, and it was inevitable to say a few words of praise.

As for the more than 2000 Yue people in the back, basically they can only say: I'm not, it's so delicious!

A bowl of soup is really not much, and the most big mouthfuls can be finished in two or three mouthfuls.Even if you taste it slowly with a spoon, it is only five or six mouthfuls, and it has already bottomed out.However, as a pre-soup, although it is full of wildness, it is also very elegant.This feature makes this soup not too show-stopping, especially giving people a feeling that there is still more to say, and it is also very qualified as a pre-soup.

The key is the following dishes.After eating appetizers and pre-soup, all guests can't wait to get into the theme!
And at this time, the eunuch was obviously aware of this, and immediately announced: "The third dish-hunting deer in Yanchi"

"Salt Pond? Not the one in Yuncheng..." Wang Yun teased, after all, Yuncheng Salt Pond was already very famous in the Spring and Autumn Period.

"Probably not, you can't go to Yanchi to hunt a wild deer, right?" Cao Cao replied.

"It's just that it doesn't make sense. After all, you can't cook venison with a big pot of salt, right?" Xun Yu frowned.

"That will definitely kill you!" Dong Cheng shook his head, directly denying this idea.

"Maybe it's cured meat?" Yang Biao was thoughtful. If it has something to do with salt, the possibility of cured meat is quite high.

Following the handymen in the back kitchen, after serving the dishes one after another, everyone realized that the meat did not look like bacon!Fresh and tender venison, served with a fragrant sauce, makes people wonder why this dish has something to do with Yanchi.

"It seems that we can only understand after tasting it!" Cao Cao put down his chopsticks, picked up a piece of meat, and put it in his mouth.

When the tip of the tongue touches the meat, the first feeling is not the taste of sauce, nor the taste of venison, but a touch of salt.The salt taste is very pure, as if the meat is covered with a layer of salt armor.

"Salt-baked, this venison is salt-baked!" Xun Yu, who also took a sip, immediately sighed.

"If it's baked with salt... how can the meat be so tender?" Wang Yun thought for a while, "Could it be the result of salt-baking for a while?"

"Salt-baking for a short period of time can indeed avoid the problem of excessive water loss, but the degree of salt-baking will also be limited." Cao Cao shook his head, "As far as the degree of retention of the meat's gravy is concerned, it may not be as simple as salt-baking."

"So, what's the secret?" Liu Xie also looked at Wang Yong with some uncertainty at the moment.

"Salt kettle, in the final analysis, is to use crystal salt, add protein and so on to make a salt container, and then put the meat in it for salt baking. The space of the salt kettle is enough, and at the same time, the water vapor cannot be discharged or absorbed by the salt kettle. The venison has kept enough moisture. Of course, before the salt-baking, the venison has been stripped and marinated, and the oil seal has been baked in the kiln!" Wang Yong explained.

Olive oil is used, and the venison is chosen from the hind legs with little fat. In the final analysis, it is to 'supplement oil' to the venison.

In the end, salt baking is not only for the taste, but also to bring out the wild flavor of the venison thoroughly.It is undeniable that the time is indeed not long, or that it does not take too long to be salted.

"As for the sauce, pepper should be used, right?" Liu Xie nodded, dipped in the sauce, and asked after tasting it.

"Indeed, the sauce is made with deer bones and deer viscera as the base, and wild pepper is added at the same time. The purpose is to truly release the wildness of this dish." Wang Yong replied.

"A dish with great impact!" Cao Cao said with emotion at the first place. It was a bit far away, so he didn't hear the conversation between Wang Yong and Liu Xie, but the deliciousness of this dish is beyond doubt.

"~~~" The three dull hairs on Lu Bu's head have now become heart-shaped, and he is obviously very satisfied with this dish.

"It's like a wild deer coming to the edge of the salt pond and licking crystal salt, full of wildness and vitality!" Xun Yu nodded, "No wonder it's called Yanchi looking for deer, it's not Yanchi looking for deer, but the deer ran into the salt pond !"

"The deer should be wild deer. The smell of wild deer is stronger than that of domesticated deer. This dish has not completely removed the smell, but the very rare smell that remains has become the flavor of this dish!" Yang Biao nodded.

"For example, mutton has a strong smell of mutton, but some people like that unique flavor. In other words, if it doesn't have that taste, it doesn't look like mutton." Dong Cheng said with emotion, "It's just that when cooking, The super chef will choose to remove the smell, and highlight the freshness and mellowness of lamb or wild animal meat... Specially keep the smell, this is really..."

"This kind of wild delicacy is really rare!" Wang Yun echoed, "Could it be that the theme of tonight is wildness?"

"From the current point of view, it is indeed very possible!" Cao Cao nodded.

"Although they are very similar, I always feel that there seems to be some pattern..." Xun Yu thought seriously, "The first dish is pickled, but strictly speaking, this side dish is also pickled, so there is suspicion of repetition .If it’s not marinated, then the first dish is characterized by eating raw, the second is stewed, and the third is pickled and baked... How about changing the order?”

"Another order?" Sangong looked at Xun Yu suspiciously.

"For example, change the side dishes to the front of the soup..." Xun Yu thought for a while, "This way is to eat raw, marinate, and stew. In the barbaric era, when people didn't know how to use fire, they were basically raw. Eat, and then learn to bake food after having fire, so there is cooked food. Then through pickling, so food can be preserved for a long time. Finally, there is pottery, so stewing began to appear.”

"Indeed, if you get the former soup, there are indeed only very simple ingredients, and the cooking technique is very pure, even primitive!" Wang Yun obviously realized something.

"You mean, the theme of tonight is the evolution of civilization?" Cao Cao seemed to understand.

"If the next dish is a baked product, then it should be like this!" Xun Yu replied.

"To be honest, I'm looking forward to the next dish now!" Dong Cheng picked up the last piece of meat and put it in his mouth.

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